Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	76	8	6
2	France	3	2	1	0	85	36	4
3	Finland	3	2	1	0	83	40	4
4	Russia	3	1	2	0			2
5	Switzerland	3	1	2	0			2
6	Great Britain Crusaders	3	0	3	0	7	119	0

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	5th Place
10.08.1998	Switzerland	18	Great Britain Crusaders	0
	3rd Place
10.08.1998	Finland	34	Russia	6
	Final
10.08.1998	Germany	26	France	8

Final Group Standings

EFAF EJC 1998	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Blue Group
France (F)	2	2	0	0	77	10	4
Finland (3P)	2	1	1	0	59	34	2
Great Britain Crusaders (5P)	2	0	2	0	7	101	0
Red Group
Germany (F)	2	2	0	0	50	0	4
Russia (3P)	2	1	1	0	0	17	2
Switzerland (5P)	2	0	2	0	0	33	0

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Blue Group
02.08.1998	France	25	Finland	10
05.08.1998	France	52	Great Britain Crusaders	0
07.08.1998	Finland	49	Great Britain Crusaders	7
	Red Group
.08.1998	Germany	33	Switzerland	0
.08.1998	Germany	17	Russia	0
.08.1998	Russia		Switzerland

How They Qualified

Route	Country
Automatic Qualifier (Hosts)	Germany
Automatic Qualifier (Holders)	Finland
Qualifying (won 18-14 v Sweden)	Russia
Qualifying (Won 16-13 v Austria)	Switzerland
Qualifying (Won v Spain)	France
Qualifying (Won 54-0 v Norway)	Great Britain Crusaders

Report

Germany won the European Federation of American Football European Junior Championships which they hosted in 1998, defeating surprise finalists France 26-8 in the Final with two TD runs by Philipp Lax and Mike Shuitze, as well as a Field Goal from Andreas Lefevre and an Interception Return for a Touchdown by Dennis Zimmermann. France gained a late consolation TD through Thomas Prian’s Reception.

Germany had earlier won their group with wins over Russia and Switzerland, while France shocked holders Finland in their first game 25-10 before crushing Great Britain Crusaders 52-0. Finland took bronze with a defeat of Russia in the 3rd Place match while Switzerland added to GB’s misery with a 18-0 win the 5th place playoff.

References

Logos

[1] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1998) “Brit Kids Crushed by Strength of Europe” First Down. August 15, 1998. pg. 17

[3] Anon. (1998) “Great Britain Crusaders 54 Norway 0” First Down. June 6, 1998. Pg. 21

Websites

[4] Google Groups (1998) uk.sport.football.american [European Youth Championships 1998] post to Group by Damon Kirby 5/13/98 [Internet] Available from: http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.sport.football.american/nofdk9PBgls [Accessed 16 July 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith (IAFA)

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